HIS publishers' invitation to introduce this selection of uncanny
tales by the late Dr. W. F. Harvey gives me an opportunity to indulge
in some reminiscences and speculations on that essentially personal
and subjective theme-the ghost story. This I will proceed to do
straight away, as a kind of introduction to an introduction, like
a busker's performance to a theatre queue.
What is the secret whence comes this extraordinary pleasure in
being frightened? For that is what it amounts to. If love stories
are ready-made day-dreams, ghost stories are ready-made nightmares.
In the `higher' ghost stories, perhaps in Le Fanu at his best,
and some have claimed it in The Turn of the Screw, there may be
an element of genuine tragedy with its attendant catharsis; but
most readers' requirements are on a lower plane; like Squire Mytton's
hiccup, all they need is `a damned good fright.' Horripilation.
Sudden increase in the secretion of the adrenals. Delicious frisson
of literary terror produced by the story-teller's art. . . .
Pleasure in being frightened: I remember, I remember-and it is
one of the delights of writing that the gentle reader is ever attentive
and quite powerless to check the flow of reminiscence -a mild December
evening in Budleigh Salterton during the Spanish 'flu winter that
followed the end of the last war, when I was twelve. I had been
to tea with Dick Girouard in the little house in Station Road which
his grandmother had taken for the duration. We had played bridge
with Dick's aunts, a delightful pair of elderly ladies with interesting
little idiosyncrasies : one smoked her cigarettes through a silver
ring like a monocular lorgnette; the other affected mannish ties
and collars, spats, and a homburg hat. In their treatment of us
small boys, they combined great kindness with the highest degree
of worldly sophistication: `Dick, Dick, there's many a man tramping
the streets

travel books:
where is HTML
where is HEAD
where is TITLE INTRODUCTION HIS publishers' invitation to introduce this selection of uncanny tales by what is late Dr. W. F. Harvey gives me an opportunity to indulge in some reminiscences and speculations on that essentially personal and subjective theme-the ghost story. This I will proceed to do straight away, as a kind of introduction to an introduction, like a busker's performance to a theatre queue. What is what is secret whence comes this extraordinary pleasure in being frightened? For that is what it amounts to. If what time is it stories are ready-made day-dreams, ghost stories are ready-made nightmares. In what is `higher' ghost stories, perhaps in Le Fanu at his best, and some have claimed it in what is Turn of what is Screw, there may be an element of genuine tragedy with its attendant catharsis; but most readers' requirements are on a lower plane; like Squire Mytton's hiccup, all they need is `a damned good fright.' Horripilation. Sudden increase in what is secretion of what is adrenals. Delicious frisson of literary terror produced by what is story-teller's art. . . . Pleasure in being frightened: I remember, I remember-and it is one of what is delights of writing that what is gentle reader is ever attentive and quite powerless to check what is flow of reminiscence -a mild December evening in Budleigh Salterton during what is Spanish 'flu winter that followed what is end of what is last war, when I was twelve. I had been to tea with think Girouard in what is little house in Station Road which his grandmother had taken for what is duration. We had played bridge with Dick's aunts, a delightful pair of elderly ladies with interesting little idiosyncrasies : one smoked her cigarettes through a silver ring like a monocular lorgnette; what is other affected mannish ties and collars, spats, and a homburg hat. In their treatment of us small boys, they combined great kindness with what is highest degree of worldly sophistication: `Dick, Dick, there's many a man tramping what is streets
where is meta name="keywords" content="old books, Free book , free book offer , free audio books , free coloring book pages , free book reports , free audio book , audio books free download , book free , free guest book , books free , free book summaries , download free audio books , free childrens books."
where is where are they now rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../style.css"
where is meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"
where is BODY bgColor=#ffffff text="#000000" where are they now ="#000000" v where are they now ="#FF0000"
where is div align="center" where is strong where is strong where is a href="http://www.aaoldbooks.com" Books > where is a href="../default.asp" title="Book" Old
Books > where is strong where is a href="default.asp" Midnight Tales
(1946) where is a href="default.asp"
where is table width="729" border="0" align="center"
where is center
where is tr
where is td height="61" where is hr
where is hr
where is table width="700" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0"
where is center
where is tr
where is td width="160" align="center" valign="top" where is div align="center"
where is td align="center" valign="top" where is div align="left"
where is div align="center"
where is p align="left" Page V
where is p align="center" where is strong INTRODUCTION
where is p align="justify" HIS publishers' invitation to introduce this selection of uncanny
tales by what is late Dr. W. F. Harvey gives me an opportunity to indulge
in some reminiscences and speculations on that essentially personal
and subjective theme-the ghost story. This I will proceed to do
straight away, as a kind of introduction to an introduction, like
a busker's performance to a theatre queue.
What is what is secret whence comes this extraordinary pleasure in
being frightened? For that is what it amounts to. If what time is it stories
are ready-made day-dreams, ghost stories are ready-made nightmares.
In what is `higher' ghost stories, perhaps in Le Fanu at his best,
and some have claimed it in what is Turn of what is Screw, there may be
an element of genuine tragedy with its attendant catharsis; but
most readers' requirements are on a lower plane; like Squire Mytton's
hiccup, all they need is `a damned good fright.' Horripilation.
Sudden increase in what is secretion of what is adrenals. Delicious frisson
of literary terror produced by what is story-teller's art. . . .
Pleasure in being frightened: I remember, I remember-and it is
one of what is delights of writing that what is gentle reader is ever attentive
and quite powerless to check what is flow of reminiscence -a mild December
evening in Budleigh Salterton during what is Spanish 'flu winter that
followed what is end of what is last war, when I was twelve. I had been
to tea with think Girouard in what is little house in Station Road which
his grandmother had taken for what is duration. We had played bridge
with Dick's aunts, a delightful pair of elderly ladies with interesting
little idiosyncrasies : one smoked her cigarettes through a silver
ring like a monocular lorgnette; what is other affected mannish ties
and collars, spats, and a homburg hat. In their treatment of us
small boys, they combined great kindness with what is highest degree
of worldly sophistication: `Dick, Dick, there's many a man tramping
what is streets
where is Server.Execute("_SiteMap.asp") %
travel books: Midnight Tales (1946) books